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HOW FAST CAN YOU RUN A MILE?Roger Bannister, a medical student at Oxford University, was the first male to run a mile in...
23/12/2022

HOW FAST CAN YOU RUN A MILE?
Roger Bannister, a medical student at Oxford University, was the first male to run a mile in less than four minutes! He ran a mile in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds at the Iffley Road track.

OXFORD AND COWSThe meaning of the name ‘Oxford’ comes from the old word ‘Oxanforda’ which is a ford in the river where c...
23/12/2022

OXFORD AND COWS
The meaning of the name ‘Oxford’ comes from the old word ‘Oxanforda’ which is a ford in the river where cattle can cross safely.

OXFORD HAS THE FIRST EVER COFFEE HOUSE IN ENGLANDThe first ever cups of coffee in England were served in The Grand Café ...
23/12/2022

OXFORD HAS THE FIRST EVER COFFEE HOUSE IN ENGLAND
The first ever cups of coffee in England were served in The Grand Café in Oxford.

FIND THE DOOR TO NARNIAClose to the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, if you look hard enough, you will find the ...
23/12/2022

FIND THE DOOR TO NARNIA
Close to the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, if you look hard enough, you will find the door to Narnia. Bold and undoubtedly eye-catching, with a fiery lion reaching out to you from the centre of its wooden core, this is the ‘Narnia Door’. CS Lewis was a tutor at the Magdalen College and would have walked past this door every day. No doubt he gained his inspiration for his young characters to step through the wardrobe door into a magical land because of this particular building. The famous street light is just a couple of metres away on this small Oxford street too!

OXFORD WAS NOT BOMBED DURING WORLD WAR IIOxford was very busy during the war building bombers, but historians believe Ox...
23/12/2022

OXFORD WAS NOT BOMBED DURING WORLD WAR II
Oxford was very busy during the war building bombers, but historians believe Oxford wasn’t touched because Hi**er wanted Oxford to be the new capital of England after defeating it.

Interestingly, Oxford was the capital of England during the English Civil War.

THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF SCIENCEThe Museum of History of Science is the first ever public museum in the world, opening i...
10/12/2022

THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE
The Museum of History of Science is the first ever public museum in the world, opening in 1683!

Down in the basement you can find the chalkboard that Albert Einstein wrote on at Oxford University in 1950, which has his famous e=mc2 equation on. You can also find the lantern that Guy Fawkes was holding when he was arrested for taking part in the Gunpowder Plot on the 5th November in 1605!

Yet the University of Oxford has many more books than this, and these are stored in various places outside of the city.
10/12/2022

Yet the University of Oxford has many more books than this, and these are stored in various places outside of the city.

Yet next door is the Bodleian Library which stores all of the University’s books. This was made possible by the Weston f...
10/12/2022

Yet next door is the Bodleian Library which stores all of the University’s books. This was made possible by the Weston family who donated 23 million British pounds to build and renovate the Bodleian library. This now stores 7 million books.

BLACKWELLS BOOKSHOP IS THE LARGEST BOOKSHOP IN THE ENTIRE WORLDBuilt in 1879, down in the basement of Blackwells Booksho...
10/12/2022

BLACKWELLS BOOKSHOP IS THE LARGEST BOOKSHOP IN THE ENTIRE WORLD
Built in 1879, down in the basement of Blackwells Bookshop, you’ll find the largest bookshop in the entire world! There are 3 miles of shelving and 150,000 books.

STUDY EVERYTHING UNDER ONE ROOFA common misconception with the University of Oxford is that you go to a different colleg...
10/12/2022

STUDY EVERYTHING UNDER ONE ROOF
A common misconception with the University of Oxford is that you go to a different college for a different subject. Yet, the University of Oxford is a collegiate system. This means that you can study all subjects at each college. It’s a tradition that has grown throughout the city and University system where you will have all of your accommodation, food, lessons and sports teams under the college you decide to apply to.

TORTOISE WARSFounded in 1555, Trinity College is one of Balliol College’s biggest rivals as they live in such close prox...
25/11/2022

TORTOISE WARS
Founded in 1555, Trinity College is one of Balliol College’s biggest rivals as they live in such close proximity to each other. Every College has a tortoise that they own, and every Summer in May, the colleges come together to have a tortoise race.

A circle of lettuce is placed on the ground, 8 metres wide, and spectators wait for the tortoises to come out of the middle of the circle to reach the lettuce line to win.

…AND BECOME AN ACTRESS TOO!Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, studied at Oxford’s Drago...
25/11/2022

…AND BECOME AN ACTRESS TOO!
Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, studied at Oxford’s Dragon and Headington School (where our SBC Oxford and Headington Oxford Summer School is).

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